Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities prior to May 29, 2008 [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18160507


Citation Nr: 18160507 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 09-08 895 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities prior to May 29, 2008, is granted. FINDING OF FACT The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following a substantially…

Muscle loss, Fatigue; burn scars of the left shoulder; hernia scar [DENIED]; gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and gastritis; lumbar spine disorder; PTSD; TDIU [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160530


Citation Nr: 18160530 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 09-26 987 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Service connection for muscle loss, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness, is denied. Service connection for fatigue, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness, is denied. An initial compensable evaluation for burn scars of…

A compensable evaluation for left ear hearing loss; 10 percent for tinnitus; 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); individual unemployability (TDIU) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18160534


Citation Nr: 18160534 Decision Date: 12/28/18 Archive Date: 12/26/18 DOCKET NO. 17-00 904 DATE: December 28, 2018 ORDER A compensable evaluation for left ear hearing loss is denied. An evaluation in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus is denied. An evaluation in excess of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is denied. Entitlement to…

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prior to February 16, 2010 [DENIED]; (PTSD) prior to April 20, 2015 [GRANTED]; individual unemployability (TDIU) [DENIED] Citation Nr: 18160537


Citation Nr: 18160537 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 16-55 147 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to an earlier effective date prior to February 16, 2010, for the grant of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is denied. Entitlement to a rating of 70 percent for PTSD for the prior to…

A total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18160544


Citation Nr: 18160544 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 16-58 665 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER A total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted. VETERAN’S CONTENTIONS The Veteran contends that his service-connected disabilities, specifically his service-connected bilateral hip condition, preclude him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment, entitling him…

Bilateral hearing loss [DENIED]; Hepatitis C [REMANDED]; erectile dysfunction (ED), to include as secondary to service-connected (PTSD); PTSD; (TDIU) [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160545


Citation Nr: 18160545 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 16-37 296 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER As new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for a hepatitis C has been received, the application to reopen is granted. Entitlement to a compensable rating for service-connected bilateral hearing…

(PTSD) [GRANTED]; (TDIU) [GRANTED]; lumbar spine disorder; heart condition, including hypertension and ischemic heart disease; left below knee amputation with callosity stump [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160546


Citation Nr: 18160546 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 16-41 589 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for a lumbar spine disorder is reopened, and to that extent the appeal is granted. Service connection for tinnitus is granted. A 70 percent evaluation,…

70% for Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [DENIED]; individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service connected disabilities [GRANTED] Citation Nr: 18160553


Citation Nr: 18160553 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 17-04 515 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER For the rating period prior to May 5, 2015, a rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is denied. For the rating period from May 5, 2015 to May 11, 2015, a temporary…

Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) prior to December 16, 2016 [DISMISSED] Citation Nr: 18160558


Citation Nr: 18160558 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 17-11 912 DATE: December 27, 2018 ORDER Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) prior to December 16, 2016, is dismissed. FINDING OF FACT By letter dated July 2017, prior to the promulgation of a decision…

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) to include on an extra-schedular basis [REMANDED] Citation Nr: 18160559


Citation Nr: 18160559 Decision Date: 12/27/18 Archive Date: 12/27/18 DOCKET NO. 16-46 344 DATE: December 27, 2018 REMANDED The claim of entitlement to an initial disability rating greater than 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is remanded. The claim of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected…